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OverviewThis book explores the dynamics behind Romania's relationship with the European Union from the collapse of the Ceaucescu regime in 1989, to its recent accession to the EU in 2007. As a completely up-to-date and detailed study, it identifies key developments in EU-Romania relations, as well as the challenges Romania faced in its efforts move from the margins of the European integration to EU membership. In so doing, the analysis contributes to wider debates about the dynamics underpinning EU enlargement. Moreover, the book reveals the consequences and limits of Europeanization. Romania and the European Union analyses: the impact of integration on the consolidation of democracy in Romania; the country's economic development, in accordance with the EU's Copenhagen criterion - the need for acceding states to possess a 'functioning market economy'; the process of macroeconomic reform; the reform of its public administration; the country's efforts in implementing the EU's acquis in the areas of justice and home affairs --a focal point in the accession negotiations given Romania's geographical location, and its vulnerability as a major transit point for illegal migration and trafficking into the EU -- and securing its external borders; the EU's role in promoting reform as well as the limits of EU influence the obstacles Romania has had to overcome in meeting the demanding pre-requisites of accession to the EU. This book identifies the EU's role in promoting reform, but equally the limits of EU influence. It reveals the obstacles Romania has had to overcome in meeting the demanding pre-requisites of accession to the EU. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dimitris Papadimitriou (University of Manchester, UK) , David Phinnemore (Queen's University Belfast, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.370kg ISBN: 9780415663823ISBN 10: 0415663822 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 10 February 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. From Isolation to Incomplete Rehabilitation: The Politics of Cautious Rapprochement, 1989-1997 2. 1997-2007 – From Rehabilitation to Accession: The Struggle for a Credible Candidacy 3. A Maturing Democracy? Romania’s Political System on the Road to EU Membership 4. Stop-Go Economic Transition: The Long Road to a Functioning Market Economy 5. Recasting the Romanian State: The Challenge of Good Governance 6. Plugging a Leaky Border: Complying with the Justice and Home Affairs Acquis and Preparing for Schengen. ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationDimitris Papadimitriou is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at The University of Manchester, and a visiting Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory at the LSE. In 2006-7, he was S. J. Seeger Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University. He is the author of Negotiating the New Europe. David Phinnemore is Senior Lecturer in European Integration, and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration at Queen's University Belfast. He is editor of The EU and Romania, and co-author of Understanding the European Constitution (also published by Routledge). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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